Look up: reuse

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   Reuse
   Using a product or component of municipal solid waste in its original form more than once; e.g., refilling a glass bottle that has been returned or using a coffee can to hold nuts and bolts.
   Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
   
   
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   Reuse
   To use a product repeteadly in the same form (e.g.: glass bottles, cloth diapers).
   Found on http://grn.com/library/gloss.htm
   
   
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   Reuse
   the act of using an item more than once. For example, many supermarkets now have carrier bags which you can use over and over again, and some businesses deliver goods in reusable plastic crates.
   Found on http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/nav/page60
   
   
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   reuse
   Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. Class libraries with intelligent browsers and application generators are under development to help in this process. Polymo...
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   reuse
   any operation by which packaging, which has been conceived and designed to accomplish within its life cycle a minimum number of trips or rotations, is refilled or used for the same purpose for which it was conceived, with or without the support of auxiliary products present on the market enabling the packaging to be refilled; such reused packaging will become packaging waste when no longer subject...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Reuse
   `Reuse` is using an item more than once. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and new-life reuse where it is used for a new function. In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw materials which are used to make new items. Reuse can have financial and environmental benefits, either of which can be the main motivation for it. The financial motivation historically did, and i...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuse